ENP — Lactuca sativa

Summary

LsENP, encoded by the gene LSAT_V11C500244660 on lettuce chromosome 5, is an NPH3/RPT2-like protein containing BTB/POZ and NPH3 domains. It is annotated with blue light photoreceptor activity, FMN binding, and protein kinase activity. The gene is associated with auxin polar transport regulation, apical protein localization, chloroplast accumulation movement, and responses to red or far-red light. It has been linked to numerous agronomically relevant traits including biomass yield, seed yield, leaf angle, leaf yellowing tolerance, submergence tolerance, viral disease response, days to flowering, lateral root number and length, root mass density, nitrate uptake, and sensitivity to brassinosteroids, gibberellic acid, and cytokinin. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to phototropism, chloroplast migration, and stomatal aperture regulation.